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MORRIS, Deborah
1841 - 1933 (91 years) Has 2 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1801 - 1879 (78 years)-
Name MORRIS, Deborah Birth 31 May 1841 Bamburgh, Northumberland, England 
Gender Female Death 24 Feb 1933 Sunderland Registration District, County Durham Person ID I2626 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father MORRIS, Thomas, b. Abt 1801, Hexham, Northumberland, England d. 1879, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 78 years) Mother ROBSON, Dorothy, b. Between 1805 and 1806, Hareholm, County Durham, England d. 1883, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 78 years) Family ID F229 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DOXFORD, Alfred Ernest, b. 10 Sep 1842, Sunderland, County Durham, England d. 14 Oct 1895, Sunderland, County Durham, England (Age 53 years) Marriage 30 May 1865 Monk Wearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham Children 1. DOXFORD, Margaret Emily, b. 17 Nov 1865, Sunderland, County Durham, England d. 1950, Watford, Hertfordshire, England (Age 84 years)2. DOXFORD, Kate Gertrude, b. 3 Dec 1867, Sunderland, County Durham, England d. 1959, Harrow, Middlesex, England (Age 91 years)3. DOXFORD, Edith Eveline, b. 8 Jan 1869, Sunderland, County Durham, England d. 27 Feb 1891, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 22 years)4. DOXFORD, William Morris, b. 3 Aug 1870, Sunderland, County Durham, England d. 1942, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 71 years)5. DOXFORD, Beatrice Adelaide, b. 31 Dec 1872, Sunderland, County Durham, England d. 1959, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 86 years)6. DOXFORD, Charles Henry, b. 1876, Sunderland, County Durham, England d. 1947, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 71 years)Family ID F1300 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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DEBORAH DOXFORD née MORRIS 1841-1933
Deborah MORRIS was born in 1841.
(GRO June Q 1841 [ROBSON] Belford 25 222)
Deborah MORRIS married ALBERT EDWARD DOXFORD in 1865.
(GRO June 1865 Sunderland 10a 648).
According to J. W. Corder, a local antiquarian, she was born on 31 May 1841 and died on 24 February 1933 (E-mail from Sunderland Local Studies Library 24.04.2002).
The 1871 census of Lucknow House, 2 Peacock Street, Pallion Ward, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Co. Durham:
Alexr. DOXFORD, head, married, aged 28, shipbuilder, born in Sunderland, Co. Durham;
*Deborah DOXFORD, wife, married, aged 29, born at Bambugh, Northumberland;
Kate G. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 3, born in Sunderland, Co. Durham;
Edith E. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 2, born in Sunderland, Co. Durham;
William M. DOXFORD, son, aged 8 months, born in Sunderland, Co. Durham;
Dorathy [sic] MORRIS, mother-in-law, aged 65, born at Hareholm, Co. Durham;
Ann GRAY, servant, unmarried, aged 19, general domestic servant, born at West Rainton, Co. Durham;
Elizabeth STOKER, servant, unmarried, aged 15, nurse, born in Sunderland.
(RG10/5002/33/59)
The DOXFORD family were living at 11 Park Place West, Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham, in 1881:
Alfred DOXFORD, head, aged 38, shipbuilder, born at Sunderland, County Durham;
*Deborah DOXFORD, wife, born at Bamborough, Northumberland;
Margaret E. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 15, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Kate Gertrude DOXFORD, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Edith E. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Sunderland;
William M. DOXFORD, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Beatrice A. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Charles H. DOXFORD, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Ann BARRAS, servant, aged 20, cook, born at Sunderland;
Sarah A. BURRELL, servant, aged 18, housemaid, born at Jamalpore, India.
(RG11/4993/159/49)
The death of Deborah DOXFORD aged 91 was registered in 1933.
(GRO March Q 1933 Sunderland 10a 774)
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